Neal Schon
Neal Schon
Neal Joseph Schon is an American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist best known for his work with the bands Journey and Bad English. He is Journey's last original constant member, having participated in every album and tour to date. He was a member of the rock band Santana before forming Journey, and was also an original member of Hardline...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth27 February 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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I wanted to do something that was a bit more rock 'n' roll. Because, believe me, I did not have the brains or the dexterity on the instrument to be so complex as John McLaughlin was. So I think we did a rock 'n' roll version of that.
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We are taking close to $10 a CD the way we are doing it, and I think that is a fair amount to split up between five guys. Each of us makes like two bucks a record.
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What's cool about our name -- it means that it just keeps moving.
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We waited around for about a year and a half.
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It's still fun. We've got a great built-in audience, regardless of whether we're getting played on TV or the radio.
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It just means that no matter what, it just keeps moving. We've had a lot of personnel changes, and we're still here.
It's a celebration of everything we've ever done.
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I totally admire the man and love him as a human being.
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There are some people that just will not accept us. But then, there are a whole lot of young people that completely love us.
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You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it.
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World Play is very '70s arena rock, very raw and in your face, and that's what we wanted. We recorded it in a very off-the-cuff manner and didn't really plan out how we were going to play. My solos are first takes.
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During the 1970s and 1980s Gibson did use my likeness, but we never signed anything. This new Signature model is the first time we struck a formal written deal for a guitar with my name on it.
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In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band.
I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.